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CNS Lunch Conversation – Lisa Miracchi

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Lisa Miracchi is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and will discuss the question: How do philosophers think [...]

CNS Dialogue Series: Advances and Ethics of Human Memory Enhancement

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join the CNS for a dialogue with Jonathan Moreno, Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, and Dan Rizzuto, CEO of Nia Therapeutics. Graduate student Briana Last will lead the discussion. Wine and cheese will be served! RSVP at info@neuroethics.upenn.edu

CNS Lunch Conversation – Yvette Sheline

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Yvette Sheline is a Professor of Psychiatry, and will discuss novel brain therapies for depression and [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Ted Brodkin

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Ted Brodkin is a Professor of Psychiatry, and will discuss genes for social behavior. Lunch will [...]

CNS Public Talk – Making addiction a brain disease: A social history of addiction neuroscience

Claudia Cohen Hall 249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Making addiction a brain disease: A social history of addiction neuroscience Nancy D. Campbell, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Location: Claudia Cohen Hall 402, 249 South 36th Street With generous co-sponsorship by the Dept of History and Sociology of Science The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Michael Gazzaniga

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join the CNS for a lunchtime conversation with Micheal Gazzaniga - one of the founding fathers of cognitive neuroscience. Sandwiches and drinks will be served. 

Michael Gazzaniga Fall Annual Oration: The Consciousness Instinct

Meyerson Hall (Lecture Hall B1) 210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Doors open at 7 PM. The Lecture will begin at 7:30 PM. The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is proud to present Dr. Michael Gazzaniga as the 2018 Annual Orator. Dr. Gazzaniga is known as the founder of the field of cognitive neuroscience and is famous for his [...]

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CNS Public Talk – All about vaping: science, policy, and society

Gittis Hall 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

All about vaping: science, policy, and society* Eric Feldman, Penn Law Janet Audrain-McGovern, Psychiatry, PSOM Mari A. Schaefer, Philadelphia Inquirer Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and Society. Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Our lectures [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Maria Chiara Errigo

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Maria Chiara Errigo will be visiting from her home institution, the University of Parma in Italy, [...]

Preceptorial: How Visual Neuroscience Impacts Marketing & Consumer Behavior

Goddard Labs 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Description: We are constantly exposed to advertisements and experience visual messages from product packages in stores, retail displays, and products already owned. Visual marketing is an essential part of corporate identity, strategy, branding, and communication. Some of this falls to creative graphic design, but advertising, design, and marketing can also be [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Dom Sisti

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dom Sisti is an Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics, and will discuss the neuroethics of psychiatry. [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Sara Manning Peskin

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Sara Manning Peskin is a Resident in Neurology, and an essayist. She will discuss science and [...]

CNS Public Talk – The 7th Annual GVR Khodadad Lecture – From selfish to selfless: psychopharmacology of human altruism

Gittis Hall 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The 7th Annual GVR Khodadad Lecture – From selfish to selfless: psychopharmacology of human altruism Molly Crockett, Psychology, Yale University Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and Society. Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Our lectures [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Paul Mitchell

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests.  Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Paul Mitchell is a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology. He will be discussing scientific [...]

CNS Public Talk – Addiction is a brain disease and it still matters

Room 2, Gittis Hall 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Addiction is a brain disease and it still matters* Alan I. Leshner, CEO Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and Society. Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Our [...]

Child Poverty and Brain Development in Global Context

Perry World House 3803 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Policymakers worldwide are looking to neuroscience for an understanding of child development and, in particular, the effects of poverty on child development.  Their interest has been sparked by new research on the neuroscience of poverty, which has revealed neural differences associated with poverty and identified possible environmental causes for them. [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Roderick Spears

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests.  Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Roderick Spears is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, with expertise in headache medicine. He [...]

CNS Public Talk – Psilocybin: Implications for healthy psychological functioning and therapeutics

Room 2, Gittis Hall 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Psilocybin: Implications for healthy psychological functioning and therapeutics Roland Griffiths, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street With generous co-sponsorship by the Dept of Medical Ethics and Health Policy The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and Society. Lectures run [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Isaac Chen

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests.  Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Issac Chen is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, with interests in functional neurosurgery and novel [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Nina Hsu

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests.  Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Nina Hsu is a Science policy fellow at AAS, and a Penn NGG alumna. She [...]